# FC Merani Tbilisi > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/FC_Merani_Tbilisi > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/FC_Merani_Tbilisi.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Merani_Tbilisi > Source revision: 1347065621 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Football club infobox | clubname = Merani | image = 150px| | fullname = FC Merani Tbilisi | nickname = | founded = 1991 | dissolved = 2009 | ground = [Sinatle Stadium](/source/Sinatle_Stadium)
[Tbilisi](/source/Tbilisi), [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(country)) | capacity = 2,500 | chairman = | manager = | league = | season = | position = |pattern_la1=_whiteshoulders|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=_whiteshoulders |leftarm1=ff0000|body1=ff0000|rightarm1=ff0000|shorts1=ff0000|socks1=ff0000 |pattern_la2=_shouldersonwhite|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=_shouldersonwhite |leftarm2=ff0000|body2=ffffff|rightarm2=ff0000|shorts2=ffffff|socks2=ffffff }} '''FC Merani Tbilisi''' was a [Georgian](/source/Georgia_(country)) [football](/source/football_(soccer)) club based in [Tbilisi](/source/Tbilisi). They played in the 1990s and 2000s before being disbanded in 2009. Their home ground was [Sinatle Stadium](/source/Sinatle_Stadium). The club was named after a hotel in Tbilisi. The club colours were all-red for home matches, and all-white for away. ==History== Merani Tbilisi was merged with Bacho Tbilisi in July 1993 and formed [Merani-Bacho Tbilisi](/source/FC_Lokomotivi_Tbilisi). The club second team '''Merani-91 Tbilisi''', became the first team. In 2002, Merani-91 Tbilisi merged again, this time to [FC Olimpi Tbilisi](/source/FC_Olimpi_Tbilisi), owned by [Nikoloz Dolidze](/source/Nikoloz_Dolidze) and formed '''Merani-Olimpi Tbilisi'''.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=47896.html|title=Olimpi complete Merani takeover|date=2002-12-30|publisher=[UEFA](/source/UEFA)|access-date=2008-10-14|archive-date=2008-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203095345/http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=47896.html|url-status=dead}} Which [FC Tbilisi](/source/FC_Tbilisi) take the 2002–03 seat. Merani restarted in [Regionuli Liga](/source/Regionuli_Liga) by changed the reserve team to first team. In July 2004, newly formed ''Merani Tbilisi'' was merged with [Milani Tsnori](/source/Milani_Tsnori) and formed '''Merani-Milani Tbilisi''', which renamed to Merani Tbilisi in July 2005. ===Seasons=== *1991: '''Merani Tbilisi''' [Regionuli Liga](/source/Regionuli_Liga) *1991–92: '''Merani Tbilisi''' [Pirveli Liga](/source/Pirveli_Liga) *1992–93: '''Merani Tbilisi''' [Pirveli Liga](/source/Pirveli_Liga) *1993–94: '''Merani-Bacho Tbilisi''' [Pirveli Liga](/source/Pirveli_Liga) *1994–95: '''Merani-Bacho Tbilisi''' [Pirveli Liga](/source/Pirveli_Liga) *2003–04: '''Merani Tbilisi''' [Regionuli Liga](/source/Regionuli_Liga) *2004–05: '''Merani-Milani Tbilisi''' [Pirveli Liga](/source/Pirveli_Liga) *2005–06: '''Merani Tbilisi''' [Pirveli Liga](/source/Pirveli_Liga) Runner-up *2006–07: '''Merani Tbilisi''' [Umaghlesi Liga](/source/Umaghlesi_Liga) *2007–08: '''Merani Tbilisi''' [Umaghlesi Liga](/source/Umaghlesi_Liga) 15th, Relegated *2008–09: '''Merani Tbilisi''' [Meore Liga](/source/Meore_Liga) ===Merani-91=== *1993–94: '''Merani-91 Tbilisi''' [Pirveli Liga](/source/Pirveli_Liga) *1994–95: '''Merani-91 Tbilisi''' [Pirveli Liga](/source/Pirveli_Liga) *1995–96: '''Merani-91 Tbilisi''' [Pirveli Liga](/source/Pirveli_Liga) *1996–97: '''Merani-91 Tbilisi''' [Umaghlesi Liga](/source/Umaghlesi_Liga) *1997–98: '''Merani-91 Tbilisi''' [Umaghlesi Liga](/source/Umaghlesi_Liga) *1998–99: '''Merani-91 Tbilisi''' [Umaghlesi Liga](/source/Umaghlesi_Liga) *1999-00: '''Merani-91 Tbilisi''' [Umaghlesi Liga](/source/Umaghlesi_Liga) *2000–01: '''Merani-91 Tbilisi''' [Umaghlesi Liga](/source/Umaghlesi_Liga) *2001–02: '''Merani-91 Tbilisi''' [Umaghlesi Liga](/source/Umaghlesi_Liga) (Second team in Pirveli Liga) *2002–03: '''Merani-Olimpi Tbilisi''' [Umaghlesi Liga](/source/Umaghlesi_Liga) ==Honours== *'''[Pirveli Liga](/source/Pirveli_Liga)''' ** '''Champion''': 1996 ** '''Silver Medal winner''': 1995, 2006 ==Notable players== * [Teymuraz Mchedlishvili](/source/Teymuraz_Mchedlishvili) ==Eurocups record== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Season ! Competition ! Round ! Country ! Club ! Home ! Away |- | rowspan="4" |[1997](/source/1997_UEFA_Intertoto_Cup) | rowspan="4" |[UEFA Intertoto Cup](/source/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup) | rowspan="4" |Group 12 |{{flagicon|Russia}} |[Torpedo Moscow](/source/FC_Torpedo_Moscow) |'''0–2''' | |- |{{flagicon|Greece}} |[Iraklis Thessaloniki](/source/Iraklis_F.C._(Thessaloniki)) | |0–2 |- |{{flagicon|Malta}} |[Floriana F.C.](/source/Floriana_F.C.) |'''5–0''' | |- |{{flagicon|Austria}} |[S.V. Ried](/source/SV_Ried) | |3–1 |} ==Coaches== *2002: [Otar Gabelia](/source/Otar_Gabelia) *2003: [Koba Zhorzhikashvili](/source/Koba_Zhorzhikashvili) *2003: [Nikoloz Dolidze](/source/Nikoloz_Dolidze) *2003: [Temur Lortkipanidze](/source/Temur_Lortkipanidze){{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=71884.html|title=Lortkipanidze lands Merani job|date=2003-05-27|access-date=2008-10-13|publisher=[UEFA](/source/UEFA)}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} *2003: [Joni Janelidze](/source/Joni_Janelidze){{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=103862.html|title=Georgian clubs change coaches|date=2003-09-12|access-date=2008-10-13|publisher=[UEFA](/source/UEFA)}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Erovnuli Liga teamlist}} {{Authority control}} Merani Tbilisi Category:Association football clubs established in 1995 Category:1995 establishments in Georgia (country) Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 2009 {{Georgia-footyclub-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [FC Merani Tbilisi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Merani_Tbilisi) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Merani_Tbilisi?action=history)). 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